Gymkhana Club Ground

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Nairobi Gymkhana Club is a cricket ground and team in Nairobi, Kenya. It hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The ground has a capacity of 7,000 people. It is located north of the central business district, but not far from it. The ground is the main cricket venue in the country and the only one which could in any way be described as a major ground.

Cricket

The ground is home to a cricket team of the same name, which is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Kenya. Earlier the ground was called Suleman Verjee Indian Gymkhana having been donated by the Suleman Verjee family at a time when no recreational facilities of scale were available to Indians in Kenya. The land was allocated by the Governor of Kenya to the Indian Association in 1927.[1]

The ground is home to one of Kenya's oldest and most influential clubs, the Gymkhana has hosted colonial and other important matches since the early 1900s but it really began to develop as Kenya became a serious force in world cricket in the 1990s.

It has become the main cricket ground in Kenya and hosts International games for the National team. It was at this ground, that Shahid Afridi scored the (then) fastest ODI century in 1997 from just 37 balls.

Investment in the ground accelerated with ICC grants which enabled it to host the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy although since then it has suffered from a lack on investment resulting from Kenya's internal problems. The ground itself is a mixture of grass banking and wooden stands, with a modern pavilion on one side and a new media centre, constructed for the 2000 tournament, at one end.[2]

As with many such clubs in Kenya, the Gymkhana is home to a variety of other sports as well as providing comfortable accommodation. Situated almost 5,500 feet above sea level, it is one of the highest first-class grounds.[3]

Facilities

The Gymkhana club also has a small inside area with a badminton court and further in, an outdoor area with a swimming pool and a restaurant.

Transportation

Nairobi Gymkhana is situated a 20-minute taxi ride and is about 15 km from the airport. Parking near the ground is limited.

List of Centuries

One Day Internationals

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 100* Romesh Kaluwitharana File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 89 2 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 28 September 1996 Won[4]
2 124 Daryll Cullinan File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 117 1 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 29 September 1996 Won[5]
3 121 Jonty Rhodes File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 114 1 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 29 September 1996 Won[5]
4 115 Saeed Anwar File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 120 1 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 4 October 1996 Won[6]
5 102 Shahid Afridi File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 40 1 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 4 October 1996 Won[6]
6 122 Aravinda de Silva File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 116 2 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 4 October 1996 Lost[6]
7 118* Gary Kirsten File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 127 2 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 6 October 1996 Won[7]
8 122 Dipak Chudasama File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 113 1 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 10 October 1997 Won[8]
9 144 Kennedy Otieno File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 146 1 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 10 October 1997 Won[8]
10 101* Lance Klusener File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 105 2 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 28 September 1999 Won[9]
11 139 Sourav Ganguly File:Flag of India.svg India 147 1 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1 October 1999 Won[10]
12 132 Avishka Gunawardene File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 146 1 File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 4 October 2000 Won[11]
13 105* Saeed Anwar File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 134 2 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 8 October 2000 Won[12]
14 104 Saeed Anwar File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 115 1 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 11 October 2000 Lost[13]
15 141* Sourav Ganguly File:Flag of India.svg India 142 1 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 13 October 2000 Won[14]
16 117 Sourav Ganguly File:Flag of India.svg India 130 1 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 15 October 2000 Lost[15]
17 102* Chris Cairns File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 113 2 File:Flag of India.svg India 15 October 2000 Won[15]
18 146 Matthew Hayden File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 128 1 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 30 August 2002 Won[16]
19 116 Jeremy Bray File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 136 1 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 30 January 2007 Lost[17]
20 100 Neil McCallum File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 92 2 File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 30 January 2007 Won[17]
21 104 Darron Reekers File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 82 1 File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 5 February 2007 Won[18]
22 111* Thomas Odoyo File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 113 2 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 18 October 2007 Won[19]
23 102 Steve Tikolo File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 99 1 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 19 October 2008 Won[20]
24 109* Ryan ten Doeschate File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 121 1 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 16 February 2010 Lost[21]

List of five-wicket hauls

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Gymkhana Club Ground
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Allan Donald Template:Dts Template:Country data SA File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 9 23 6 South Africa won[22]
2 Waqar Younis Template:Dts File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Template:Country data SL 2 8.5 52 5 Pakistan won[23]
3 Aasif Karim Template:Dts File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 10 33 5 Kenya won[24]
4 Sunil Joshi Template:Dts File:Flag of India.svg India Template:Country data SA 1 10 6 5 India won[25]
5 Shayne O'Connor Template:Dts File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1 9.2 46 5 New Zealand won[26]
6 Jason Gillespie Template:DtsTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 2 10 22 5 Australia won[27]
7 Jason Gillespie Template:DtsTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1 10 70 5 No resultTemplate:Efn[28]
8 Collins Obuya Template:DtsTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Template:Country data SL 2 10 24 5 Kenya won[29]
9 Mashrafe Mortaza Template:Dts File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1 10 26 6 Bangladesh won[30]
10 Chris Mpofu Template:Dts File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1 10 52 6 Kenya won[31]

Twenty20 Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Gymkhana Club Ground
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Nehemiah Odhiambo Template:Dts File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1 4 20 5 Kenya won[32]
2 Sandeep Lamichhane Template:Dts File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1 4 9 5 Kenya won[33]

Notes

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  22. ↑ 5th Match, KCA Centenary Tournament at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3 1996, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  23. ↑ 6th Match, KCA Centenary Tournament at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 4 1996, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  24. ↑ 1st Match, President's Cup at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 10 1997, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  25. ↑ 2nd Match, LG Cup at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 26 1999, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  26. ↑ 1st SF, ICC KnockOut at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 11 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  27. ↑ 2nd Match, PSO Tri-Nation Tournament at Nairobi (Gym), Aug 30 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  28. ↑ Final, PSO Tri-Nation Tournament at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 7 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  29. ↑ 26th Match, ICC World Cup at Nairobi (Gym), Feb 24 2003, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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  32. ↑ Kenya won by 10 wickets (with 33 balls remaining), CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  33. ↑ Kenya won by 7 runs , CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-02-17.

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